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AstroJupiter_Study
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/1/.   The black spot in this image of Jupiter is
 * ___ a) the shadow of a moon


 * ___ b) Two other answers are correct (making this the only true answer).


 * ___ c) a solar eclipse


 * ___ d) an electric storm


 * ___ e) a magnetic storm

/2/. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
 * ___ a) Jupiter is the largest known planet


 * ___ b) The Great Red Spot is a storm that has raged for over 300 years


 * ___ c) Jupiter has four large moons and many smaller ones


 * ___ d) Jupiter has a system of rings


 * ___ e) Jupiter emits more energy than it receives from the Sun

/3/. What is the mechanism that heats the interior of Jupiter?
 * ___ a) magnetism


 * ___ b) electricity


 * ___ c) tides


 * ___ d) rain


 * ___ e) radioactivity

/4/. Why is Jupiter an oblate spheroid?
 * ___ a) tides from the Jupiter's moons


 * ___ b) tides from other gas planets


 * ___ c) rotation about axis


 * ___ d) revolution around Sun


 * ___ e) tides from the Sun

/5/. What statement best describes the Wikipedia's explanation of the helium (He) content of Jupiter's upper atmosphere (relative to the hydrogen (H) content)?
 * ___ a) Jupiter's atmosphere has 80% more He because Jupiter's hydrogen fell to the core.


 * ___ b) Jupiter's atmosphere has only 80% as much helium because the He fell to the core.


 * ___ c) Jupiter's atmosphere has only 80% as much helium because the He escaped into space.


 * ___ d) Jupiter's atmosphere has 80% more He because Jupiter's hydrogen escaped into space.


 * ___ e) Jupiter and the Sun have nearly the same ratio of He to H.

/6/. Where is the Sun-Jupiter barycenter?
 * ___ a) The question remains unresolved


 * ___ b) At the center of Jupiter


 * ___ c) Just above the Sun's surface


 * ___ d) Just above Jupiter's surface


 * ___ e) At the center of the Sun

/7/. The barycenter of two otherwise isolated celestial bodies is?
 * ___ a) the focal point of two elliptical orbital paths


 * ___ b) a place where two bodies exert equal and opposite gravitational forces


 * ___ c) both of these are true

/8/. Knowing the barycenter of two stars is useful because it tells us the total mass
 * ___ a) TRUE


 * ___ b) FALSE

/9/. Knowing the barycenter of two stars is useful because it tells us the ratio of the two masses
 * ___ a) TRUE


 * ___ b) FALSE

/10/. Although there is some doubt as to who discovered Jupiter's great red spot, it is generally credited to
 * ___ a) Cassini in 1665


 * ___ b) Tycho in


 * ___ c) Galileo in 1605


 * ___ d) Newton in 1668


 * ___ e) Messier in 1771

/11/. The bands in the atmosphere of Jupiter are associated with a patter of alternating wind velocities that are
 * ___ a) easterly and westerly


 * ___ b) updrafts and downdrafts


 * ___ c) both of these

/12/. As one descends down to Jupiter's core, the temperature
 * ___ a) increases


 * ___ b) decreases


 * ___ c) stays about the same

Key to AstroJupiter_Study-v1s1
/1/.   The black spot in this image of Jupiter is
 * - a) the shadow of a moon


 * + b) Two other answers are correct (making this the only true answer).


 * - c) a solar eclipse


 * - d) an electric storm


 * - e) a magnetic storm

/2/. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
 * + a) Jupiter is the largest known planet


 * - b) The Great Red Spot is a storm that has raged for over 300 years


 * - c) Jupiter has four large moons and many smaller ones


 * - d) Jupiter has a system of rings


 * - e) Jupiter emits more energy than it receives from the Sun

/3/. What is the mechanism that heats the interior of Jupiter?
 * - a) magnetism


 * - b) electricity


 * - c) tides


 * + d) rain


 * - e) radioactivity

/4/. Why is Jupiter an oblate spheroid?
 * - a) tides from the Jupiter's moons


 * - b) tides from other gas planets


 * + c) rotation about axis


 * - d) revolution around Sun


 * - e) tides from the Sun

/5/. What statement best describes the Wikipedia's explanation of the helium (He) content of Jupiter's upper atmosphere (relative to the hydrogen (H) content)?
 * - a) Jupiter's atmosphere has 80% more He because Jupiter's hydrogen fell to the core.


 * + b) Jupiter's atmosphere has only 80% as much helium because the He fell to the core.


 * - c) Jupiter's atmosphere has only 80% as much helium because the He escaped into space.


 * - d) Jupiter's atmosphere has 80% more He because Jupiter's hydrogen escaped into space.


 * - e) Jupiter and the Sun have nearly the same ratio of He to H.

/6/. Where is the Sun-Jupiter barycenter?
 * - a) The question remains unresolved


 * - b) At the center of Jupiter


 * + c) Just above the Sun's surface


 * - d) Just above Jupiter's surface


 * - e) At the center of the Sun

/7/. The barycenter of two otherwise isolated celestial bodies is?
 * + a) the focal point of two elliptical orbital paths


 * - b) a place where two bodies exert equal and opposite gravitational forces


 * - c) both of these are true

/8/. Knowing the barycenter of two stars is useful because it tells us the total mass
 * - a) TRUE


 * + b) FALSE

/9/. Knowing the barycenter of two stars is useful because it tells us the ratio of the two masses
 * + a) TRUE


 * - b) FALSE

/10/. Although there is some doubt as to who discovered Jupiter's great red spot, it is generally credited to
 * + a) Cassini in 1665


 * - b) Tycho in


 * - c) Galileo in 1605


 * - d) Newton in 1668


 * - e) Messier in 1771

/11/. The bands in the atmosphere of Jupiter are associated with a patter of alternating wind velocities that are
 * - a) easterly and westerly


 * - b) updrafts and downdrafts


 * + c) both of these

/12/. As one descends down to Jupiter's core, the temperature
 * + a) increases


 * - b) decreases


 * - c) stays about the same


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